Senior Software Engineer, Ground & Control Services

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that owns and operates the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform. We are looking for a passionate and driven Software Engineer to join our Ground & Control team, responsible for building autonomous software that controls and monitors our satellite constellation. The ideal candidate will have strong initiative and ownership, a deep curiosity for complex systems, and the discipline to validate requirements while thoughtfully challenging them when needed.

Requirements

• Design, implement, and maintain software that enables autonomous satellite operations and real-time tasking.
• Develop and integrate services that interface with ground station infrastructure and satellite communication protocols.
• Build cloud-native microservices to support satellite tasking and monitoring.
• Collaborate with operations, communication engineers, flight software engineers, mission planning engineers, and other software teams to understand and refine technical requirements.
• Write clean, maintainable code with strong emphasis on safety, test coverage, and reliability.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions.
• Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed.
• Support Launch and Early Operations of new satellites.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
• Employer matching donations
• Professional development